RJ03-Reflective Journal Entry 3- Assessment - Due Saturday, March 13, 2011
Identify a GSE and create a learning performance that combines evidence of understanding a critical concept with writing a good scientific explanation for a topic in your next unit. Provide a link in your description to the appropriate GSE.
Create a specific rubric for this scientific explanation.
Describe a difficulty or misconception that this activity might surface.
Describe you might use this assignment to provide formative feedback to your students.
Students demonstrate an understanding of how humans are affected by environmental factors and/or heredity by … 9a researching scientific information to explain how such things as radiation, chemicals, and other factors can cause gene mutations or disease.
Choose one of the Inherited genetic mutations/diseases from Chapter 14 (pages 346-347, 350-353)
In a 1.5-2 page paper, answer the following questions: 1. What type of disease is it (sex-linked or autosomal), and what exactly does that mean? 2. Summarize what the book tells you about the mutation 3. Pick an aspect you want to learn more about (i.e. The genetics of the disease, the physical and mental affects, the needs of a patient with this disease, the population more likely to be affected and why, etc.) a.k.a something that ACTUALLY interests you!!!! •For this part you need 1-2 resources (if from online MUST end in .net, .org, .gov or .edu) •Cite resources, including your text book in a works cited page at end
Difficulty/Misconception: Students are going to have trouble understanding that a genetic disease can be autosomal, because they will confuse that with the fact that the disease is inherited. Because the disease is passed down, students will automatically assume that it is sex-linked, seeing as the gene is coming from one parent or the other. When we go through the presentation on inherited diseases, and environmental mutations, it will be interactive and students that researched each specific disease will input what they learned and the information that everyone writes down will be group generated.
This assignment will provide formative feedback as we are generating notes as a group. It is important to tweek the wording students use and point out the differences in ow they use vocabulary and how it should be used. Also, how well they relate these diseases to meiosis and chromosomal mutations will show if they are seeing the big picture.
Rubric
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Information
Paper includes all listed criteria with exceptional examples of corresponding disease to characteristics. Critical information on disease/disorder is present, and creativity is used. No grammatical errors
Paper includes all listed criteria with exceptional examples of corresponding disease to characteristics. Information on disease/disorder is present. Onor two grammatical errors.
Paper is lacking required criteria. Some information on disease characteristics is present, with little connection to the disease/disorder. Some grammatical errors
Limited information from required criteria is present. Information is difficult to understand and thoughts are disconnected. Multiple grammatical errors
Organization/Appearance
Paper is correct length and layour. It is neat, with a professional appearance and material is logically ordered.
Paper follows the correct layout. It is neat in appearance and material is logically ordered.
Paper follows the correct layout, but is lacking in either neatness or logical ordering.
Paper does not follow correct layout and lacks neatness and logical ordering.
Use of Resources
Student cites 2-3 legitimate resources (.org, .net, .edu, .gov), including their textbook. Citations are present next to the information in the paper, as well as on a works cited page. MLA format is used.
Student cites 1-2 legitimate resources, including their textbook. Citations are present next to the information in the paper, as well as on a works cited page. MLA format is used.
Student cites 1-2 resources questionable in legitimacy. Citations are present next to the information in the paper, or on a works cited page. MLA format is roughly followed.
Students have 1 or no resource used. The resources are not correctly cited in the paper or at the end. No works cited page is present/MLA format is not used.
GSE LS4 (9-11)-9
Students demonstrate an understanding of how humans are affected by environmental factors and/or heredity by …
9a researching scientific information to explain how such things as radiation, chemicals, and other factors can cause gene mutations or disease.
Choose one of the Inherited genetic mutations/diseases from Chapter 14 (pages 346-347, 350-353)
In a 1.5-2 page paper, answer the following questions:1. What type of disease is it (sex-linked or autosomal), and what exactly does that mean?
2. Summarize what the book tells you about the mutation
3. Pick an aspect you want to learn more about (i.e. The genetics of the disease, the physical and mental affects, the needs of a patient with this disease, the population more likely to be affected and why, etc.) a.k.a something that ACTUALLY interests you!!!!
•For this part you need 1-2 resources (if from online MUST end in .net, .org, .gov or .edu)
•Cite resources, including your text book in a works cited page at end
Difficulty/Misconception:
Students are going to have trouble understanding that a genetic disease can be autosomal, because they will confuse that with the fact that the disease is inherited. Because the disease is passed down, students will automatically assume that it is sex-linked, seeing as the gene is coming from one parent or the other. When we go through the presentation on inherited diseases, and environmental mutations, it will be interactive and students that researched each specific disease will input what they learned and the information that everyone writes down will be group generated.
This assignment will provide formative feedback as we are generating notes as a group. It is important to tweek the wording students use and point out the differences in ow they use vocabulary and how it should be used. Also, how well they relate these diseases to meiosis and chromosomal mutations will show if they are seeing the big picture.
Rubric